Physical Sciences

Wave Motion

OpenLearn links:
Describing Motion Along A Line

Wave Motion

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonpratt/3696519131/
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Sound Waves

Sound Waves: Quiet Volumne
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tessawatson/427115996/
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Sound Waves: Low Pitch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tessawatson/427116220/
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Sound Waves: High Pitch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tessawatson/427116315/
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Sound Waves: High Volumne
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tessawatson/427116107/
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Electromagnetic Waves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Onde_electromagn%C3%A9tique.png
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Wave Behavior

Sinusoidal waves correspond to simple harmonic motion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Simple_harmonic_motion_animation.gif
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This is a conceptual animation of the dispersion of light as it travels through a triangular prism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Light_dispersion_conceptual.gif
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A propagating wave packet; in general, the envelope of the wave packet moves at a different speed than the constituent waves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wave_packet_%28dispersion%29.gif
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